and I get on with the
other clerk very well.
The hours are ideal,
and the woman there
sent me to a small
engineering firm for an
interview.
As I told you in my last
e-mail, I was really
bored after two years
in the same office
but it isn't easy to find
part-time jobs nowadays
EX. 1
Dear Laura,
which arrived this
morning. We were glad
to hear
well and enjoying life,
My main news is that I
started a new job a
month ago.
e-mail, I was really
I work from 9 to 12.30,
five days a week. The
wages are very good,
too.
In the end I went to the
job agency in the High
Street
and I felt that I needed a
change
but didn't get replies to any
of my e-mails
Dear Laura
Give my regards to Bob.
1.Put the jumbled pieces into the
correct
order
andland
rewrite the ethat
you are
all well
mail. life, Sorry I
enjoying
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haven't
written for so long,
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but I've been very busy
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lately.
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Love, Melissa
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2. Read the e-mail and write questions for
these answers.
Because she’d been very busy
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A month ago
___________________________
Because she was bored and needed a
change
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Two years
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No, she works part-time
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She saw one or two
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Yes, but she didn’t get any replies
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She decided to go the job centre
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For a small engineering firm
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From 9 to 12.30, five days a week
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I get £200 a week more
than
Well,
I did
I in
must
my finish
old job.
now.
Thanks
forjob
your
e-mail
I got the
land
started
working there two weeks
later. There are only two of
I saw one or two jobs
us in the office
advertised in the local
paper and wrote off for
them immediately,
key
Thanks for your e-mail /
which arrived this
morning. We were glad to
hear / that you are all
Sorry I haven't written
for so long, but I've been
very busy lately.My main
news is that I started a
new job a month ago. /
As I told you in my last
bored after two years in
the same office / and I
felt that I needed a
change, / but it isn't
easy to find part-time
jobs nowadays. /I saw
one or two jobs
advertised in the local
paper and wrote off for
them immediately, /but
didn't get replies to any
of my e-mails. / In the
end I went to the job agency in the High Street / and the woman there sent me to a small
engineering firm for an interview.
I got the job land started working there two weeks later. There are only two of us in the
office / and I get on with the other clerk very well. The hours are ideal,/ I work from 9 to
12.30, five days a week. The wages are very good, too. / I get £200 a week more than I did in
my old job.
Well, I must finish now .
Give my regards to Bob.
Love. Melissa.
EX. 2
Possible answers
Why hadn’t Angela written to Fran for so long?
When did she start her new job?
Why did she decide to look for a new job?
How long had she been working in the same office?
Does she work full-time?
Did she find any adverts in the local paper?
Did she write application letters?
What did she decide to do in the end?
Who does she work for now?
What hours does she work?